Small Talk: Out of Genoa

[bannana]

7 hours ago, jewel21 said:

Thanks, Boes. This was just part of my interactions today with my boss. 

 

Boss: Did you call this patient to confirm for Monday.
Me: I sent him an email two days ago, and left two voicemails.
Boss: He has to take 4 antibiotic 1 hour before his appointment!
Me: I know. I wrote it in the agenda and will tell him when he confirms. He's coming at 1 PM Monday.
Boss: Call his house number!
Me: He doesn't have one.
Boss: Call his wife!
Me (calls wife)
Wife: I don't know if he has antibiotics. Call the other number.
Me: I did. He didn't answer.
Wife: Well if I talk to him I'll tell him.
Me: Thank you.
Boss: HE HAS TO TAKE 4 PILLS I HOUR BEFORE. WRITE IT IN HIS FILE. CALL HIM AGAIN AND KEEP CALLING UNTIL HE ANSWERS. You have to call every number on file. This is common sense. You've been here a year. You need to wake up.

 

Boss: Have this patient come an hour before.
Me (calls the house number and leaves a message)
Boss: Call her cell! She has a cell, you should have it in her file! Ask her when she comes and put it in her file!
Me: I don't have a cell. I have her work number.
Boss: Call her at work! But I think she might be retired. 
Me (if she's working I don't think she'll come an hour earlier, plus you just told me you think she retired but whatever. )
Me (calls her work)
Receptionist: Sorry, she's working from home.
Boss: Call her at home again! Call her husband's cell. Leave a message! In English! Bring everyone up an hour!

Me (later): Patient wants to have wisdom teeth extracted. Can come Monday after two only.
Boss: Why not at 11?
Me: She didn't say. She said she's only available after 2 PM.
Boss: Call her parents! They have to bring in the consent form! Call them! Call the other number too!
Me (calls patient and tells her she was given a form in March to sign. Patient remembers and says she will bring it in.)
Boss: YOU DIDN'T SAY A CONSENT FORM. YOU JUST SAID FORM. HOW WILL SHE KNOW WHAT FORM IT IS? YOU NEED TO WAKE UP. YOU'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR. WRITE THIS DOWN. THEY HAVE TO SIGN AN CONSENT FORM 48 HOURS BEFORE AND UNDER 21 THE PARENTS HAVE TO SIGN OR ELSE THEY SUE US. I want you to learn, to have love in your heart for this job, blah blah blah blah

I'm so tired of this bullshit. I've worked jobs where I was treated well and appreciated for my work. I was told how patients liked me, I was efficient. All I hear from this ass is everything I do wrong. Like if you're not happy, fire me. I can go on unemployment and find a job where I'm appreciated. And you can become the dentist and the secretary since you can do no wrong. Even though you yell at patients, treat them like crap, screw over insurance companies, and constantly use the wrong pronouns for people. Do you know how confusing it is to hear 'she' or 'her' when he's referring to a man and vise versa? But if I make a mistake, I don't hear the end of it. 

I don't know if all dental offices are like this, but so far I'm not amused.

This is so not right, and I know you need this job, but if you ever get to that point, you should be a whistleblower. This is completely unacceptable treatment of an employee. I am so sorry that you are having to endure this.

[Cupid Stunt]

Four Tet - Glue Of The World

 

Kings Of Convenience - Rocky Trail

 

Erlend Øye - La Prima Estate

 

Rita Payés - Nunca Vas A Comprender

 

Rev. Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone

 

The Cardigans - My Favourite Game

 

Bonobo feat. Bajka - Between The Lines

 

George Michael - Faith

 

Daniel Lanois - Fire

 

 

The Rolling Stones - As Tears Go By (Mono)

 

The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful

 

Alexi Murdoch - Through The Dark

 

Doves - 'Firesuite"

 

Slacker - I Have No Memory

 

Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

 

Van Halen - Eruption/You Really Got Me

 

Staatskapelle Dresden & Otmar Suitner - Bizet - Symphony in C Major: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

 

Regard, Troye Sivan, Tate McRae - You

 

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes ft. Joe Talbot - My Town

 

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Waiting In Vain

 

Arlo Parks - Live on KEXP at Home

 

 

[jewel21]

@Snaporaz he refuses to take any. He thinks he's fine. But he's always going on about how this patient or that patient isn't right in the head. Oh the irony.

Also, his wife has told me multiple times that the consent form can be signed the same day and that he's just being difficult. So when he tells me things like until 21 the parents have to sign I am inclined to disbelieve him since everything out of his mouth is a lie.

 

[Cupid Stunt]

Motopony - "Euphoria"

 

Any Other Name - Thomas Newman

 

Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Montreux 1985

 

A.A. Bondy - A Slow Parade

 

The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk

 

Hanson - MMMBop

 

Jets Overhead - Where Did You Go?

 

Annie Lennox - Dark Road

 

!!! - AM/FM

 

Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

 

Joe Purdy - Good Days

 

Jonny Kaplan And The Lazy Stars - Ride Free

 

Greta Van Fleet - My Way, Soon

 

Brother Dege - Too Old To Die Young

 

Big Star - Thirteen

 

John Lennon - I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama

 

Los Bitchos - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

 

Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful

 

V V Brown - Shark In The Water

 

THE THEMES - REMINDS ME OF YOU

 

VULFPECK - Dean Town

 

The Black Angels - "Telephone"

 

Vladimir Horowitz - Schumann - Kinderszenen Op.15, "Scenes from Childhood"

 

White Denim - 'I Start To Run'

 

Richard & Linda Thompson - Night Comes In

 

LCD Soundsystem - No Love Lost

 

 

Tiger missing in Houston turned in to authorities, police say

[Cupid Stunt]

Preakness Stakes finish order -- Official race results.

Order Horse  Win      Place   Show

1 Rombauer  $25.60  $10.00  $5.20

2 Midnight Bourbon  $4.60   $3.00

3 Medina Spirit                     $2.80

4 Keepmeinmind   

5 Crowded Trade   

6 Unbridled Honor   

7 France Go De Ina   

8 Risk Taking   

9 Concert Tour   

10 Ram

 

A Kentucky home for retired racehorses

 

 

 

[pearlite]

On 5/14/2021 at 10:05 PM, Snaporaz said:

Oh my gods, jewel...the next call you need to make is to this guy's psychiatrist, because he seriously needs his meds adjusted!

@pearlite, have you had any luck on the vaccine front?

Hi SNAPORAZ!

Yes, in fact--just over a week ago, the day I stopped teaching for a few days. Convoluted story about how I hit a provincial/city link just in time--because at this point, people registering have to wait til July for first shot.

Still a mess here but there's more Pfizer available all the time, so that's good. Had a day or so's reaction to it, but that's all. Second jab at the end of August.

[peacheslatour]

30 minutes ago, pearlite said:

Hi SNAPORAZ!

Yes, in fact--just over a week ago, the day I stopped teaching for a few days. Convoluted story about how I hit a provincial/city link just in time--because at this point, people registering have to wait til July for first shot.

Still a mess here but there's more Pfizer available all the time, so that's good. Had a day or so's reaction to it, but that's all. Second jab at the end of August.

We got our second jab last week. I have to say I reacted more strongly to the second one than the first. Chills, body aches, nausea and headache, fatigue. The day after that, however I felt great! Hubby had no issues at all.

[Snaporaz]

That's great news, pearlite!  From what I hear, Pfizer is the vaccine of choice for hot people.  No, I'm not kidding!  Alas, dweeby me gets my second dose of Moderna on Wednesday.  

I probably will continue to mask up even after I'm fully vaccinated, no matter what the guidelines are.  The same wackos who are anti-maskers are also anti-vaxxers, so who can trust them with the honor system?

Edited May 16, 2021 by Snaporaz

[Cupid Stunt]

Wilco - Black Moon

 

Caught A Ghost - Hold Out

 

The Prodigy - Stand Up

 

Fyfe Dangerfield - Barricades

 

Black Lab - "This Night"

 

Count Basie And His Orchestra - Cute

 

Barn Owl - Visions in the Dust

 

Damien Jurado - Everything Trying

 

Violent Femmes - American Music

 

Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today  (Hat Tip pearlite)

 

Doug Paisley - End of the Day

 

Trentemøller: Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider Go!!!

 

Bon Iver - Flume

 

Ben Howard - Promise

 

Bunny Berigan and his Boys - A Melody From The Sky

 

Fink - Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us

 

The Black Ryder - All That We See

 

Spoon - Got Nuffin

 

Morgan Taylor Reid - Simply Human

 

Juan Vicente Zambrano - Dirty Mambo

 

Schuyler Fisk - Waking Life

 

 

Eurovision Song Contest returns despite coronavirus pandemic

 

 

[pearlite]

Okay, this is beyond what I know as satire...

Does an NYC copy pull over with a sympathetic look just before ticketing you?

[Cupid Stunt]

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic

 

HAUSER - J. S. Bach, Air on the G String

 

Long John Baldry & K McDonald - Loving Feeling

 

Gareth Dunlop - Trick Of The Moonlight

 

The Killers - Mr. Brightside

 

The National - Start A War

 

The Wellspring - The Ballad of El Goodo

 

Crowded House - Falling Dove

 

James Gang - Walk Away

 

Kathleen Edwards - A Soft Place To Land

 

The Constellations - Felicia

 

Mason Jennings - The Light

 

Wilco - How To Fight Loneliness

 

S. Carey - In The Dirt

 

Jada - American Cowboy

 

My Morning Jacket - Victory Dance

 

Hanni El Khatib - Build. Destroy. Rebuild.

 

The Limetree Warehouse - On the line

 

Foy Vance - Be the Song

 

Big Star - I'm In Love With A Girl

 

Ray LaMontagne - I Still Care For You

 

The Dead Texan - A Chronicle of Early Failures - Part 1

 

METRIC - Stadium Love

 

Ulster Orchestra - Glass: Works for Orchestra - Company: II. 

 

Steve Harley - Make Me Smile (Come up and See Me)

 

Ray Charles - Drown In My Own Tears

 

 

Edited May 18, 2021 by Cupid Stunt

[peacheslatour]

14 minutes ago, pearlite said:

Okay, this is beyond what I know as satire...

Does an NYC copy pull over with a sympathetic look just before ticketing you?

Better than having cops show up in riot gear in a fraught situation where a person may be having an emotional break down. Those situations call for de-escalation not confrontation

[geauxaway]

On 5/16/2021 at 4:02 PM, Snaporaz said:

I probably will continue to mask up even after I'm fully vaccinated, no matter what the guidelines are.  The same wackos who are anti-maskers are also anti-vaxxers, so who can trust them with the honor system?

I felt this way until today when I had to run up to the grocery store and it’s like 100% humidity and I was like fuck it.   (I am fully vax). On the other hand I haven’t told kiddo that he doesn’t have to wear a mask to school anymore and he’s none the wiser.  Yet. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

Edited May 19, 2021 by geauxaway

[Cupid Stunt]

Charles Grodin, Star of 'Heaven Can Wait,' 'Midnight Run,' Dies at 86

Charles Grodin, best known for the neurotic comic wit he demonstrated in such films as "The Heartbreak Kid," "Heaven Can Wait" and "Midnight Run" and for his role in the "Beethoven" movies, died Tuesday at his home in Connecticut. He was 86.

The New York Times reported that his son said he died of bone marrow cancer.

After getting his start in television, Grodin graduated to both leading and character roles in motion pictures, usually portraying the exasperated urban neurotic. His dry, understated sense of humor also made him a perfect talkshow guest, and later, host of his own cable show. Grodin also wrote plays and books.

The wry 1972 comedy "The Heartbreak Kid," written by Neil Simon and directed by Elaine May, highlighted Grodin's trademark neurotic befuddlement, and won him a Golden Globe nomination. But it was one of the few successful films in his career in which he was center stage.

Another one of his better comic assignments was Warren Beatty's 1978 "Heaven Can Wait," in which Grodin, playing the scheming, larcenous lawyer, was paired humorously with Dyan Cannon's character in adultery and homicide. But he was definitely a supporting player in the film, which starred Beatty and Julie Christie.

The film in which Grodin's talents were perhaps best utilized was Martin Brest's 1988 adventure comedy "Midnight Run," in which he starred opposite Robert De Niro. Roger Ebert said: "De Niro is often said to be the best movie actor of his generation. Grodin has been in the movies just about as long, has appeared in more different titles and is of more or less the same generation, but has never received the recognition he deserves -- maybe because he often plays a quiet, self-effacing everyman. In 'Midnight Run,' where he is literally handcuffed to De Niro at times, he is every bit the master's equal, and in the crucial final scene it is Grodin who finds the emotional truth that defines their relationship."

Grodin made his Broadway debut in 1962's "Tchin Tchin"; he was in a supporting role but was singled out for praise. It was followed by another comedy in 1964, "Absence of a Cello."

Two years later he co-wrote and directed an Off Broadway musical spoof, "Hooray! It's a Glorious Day....And All That." He then directed Joe Bologna and Renee Taylor's successful "Lovers and Other Strangers."

He was hired and fired from Bruce Jay Friedman's "Steambath," as were several other actors. For television he directed a special for Simon and Garfunkel in 1969 and "The Paul Simon Special" in 1977; for the latter he won a shared Emmy for writing.

Grodin made his film debut in the little-seen "Sex and the College Girl" in 1964, after which he turned down the lead role in "The Graduate," which made Dustin Hoffman a star. His real film debut was a supporting role as a doctor in 1968's "Rosemary's Baby." The next time "Graduate" director Mike Nichols asked him to appear in a movie, Grodin said yes, though the film was the less-than-successful "Catch-22."

Grodin began to emphasize writing and directing more than acting but, in 1972, Elaine May convinced him to take the lead in "The Heartbreak Kid," to which he particularly well suited.

His 1974 effort "11 Harrowhouse," a caper-film spoof, was a failure, and Grodin fell back into directing Bologna and Taylor's Emmy-winning "Acts of Love and Other Comedies," starring Marlo Thomas, whom he directed the following year in the Broadway comedy "Thieves." He later starred in the film version along with Thomas.

In 1975 he starred on Broadway opposite Ellen Burstyn in "Same Time, Next Year," though he was passed over for the film, which starred Burstyn and Alan Alda. He next produced and directed the Broadway comedy "Unexpected Guests" and appeared to comic effect in the big-budget remake of "King Kong" and in 1978's "Heaven Can Wait."

Over the next decade he starred in a number of successful films, often in support, playing a variation on his comic persona. He toplined in 1979's "Sunburn" and Albert Brooks' 1979 mockumentary "Real Life." He starred in the comedies "It's My Turn" and "Seems Like Old Times" as well as with Lily Tomlin in "The Incredible Shrinking Woman." He co-starred in two Steve Martin vehicles, "The Lonely Guy" and "All of Me" (which also starred Tomlin) and in Gene Wilder comedy "The Woman in Red." He wrote the Hollywood spoof "Movers and Shakers," in which he co-starred with Walter Matthau in 1985. Later in the decade he appeared in "The Last Resort," the disastrous "Ishtar" and "The Couch Trip."

During this period his biggest hit by far both commercially and critically was "Midnight Run," in which he starred with Robert De Niro.

Grodin's return to the stage in 1990 in "The Price of Fame," which he penned and starred in Off Broadway, did not succeed, and he went on to pen one-act play "One of the All-Time Greats," which was produced in 1992.

He had a memorable supporting role as Kevin Kline's sidekick in 1993 hit film comedy "Dave." Other films from the '90s included "Heart and Souls," "Taking Care of Business" and the sleeper family comedy "Beethoven" and its first sequel. He also appeared in "The Great Muppet Caper" and "Clifford" opposite Martin Short.

As an author, Grodin had a number of healthy performers including his 1989 autobiography "It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here," his 1992 comic observation "How to Get Through Life" and his behind-the-scenes "We're Ready for You, Mr. Grodin," published in 1994.

Because of his numerous talkshow appearances over the years, in which he often launched into mock arguments with his hosts, King World Syndicate offered Grodin his own show, which debuted in 1994. He moved over to CNBC in 1995 and hosted his own primetime show for a few years. Many of the guests were personal friends, and the show received good reviews.

The actor returned to the bigscreen in 2006 after a 12-year absence for the comedy "Fast Track," and his play "The Right Kind of People" was staged Off Broadway the same year.

More recently he appeared on the smallscreen in a 2012 episode of "Law & Order: SVU," in 2013 in a guest role on "The Michael J. Fox Show" and in a recurring role on FX's Louis C.K. comedy "Louie" in 2014-15.

He appeared in director Barry Levinson's film "The Humbling," with Buck Henry having co-scripted an adaptation of Philip Roth's novel. It was released in January 2015 and starred Al Pacino as an aging actor named Simon; Variety described Grodin's performance as "deliciously sardonic," as he looks "like the cat who ate the canary -- along with the entire birdcage -- as Simon's long-suffering agent."

Grodin also had a supporting role as a documentary filmmaker in director Noah Baumbach's "While We're Young," released in 2015.

He also apppeared in ABC's 2016 "Madoff" miniseries, playing Carl Shapiro, a Boston philanthropist who was one of Madoff's earliest investors and eventually had to return $625 million.

Charles Grodinsky was born in Pittsburgh and was valedictorian of his class at Peabody High School. He decided to pursue a career in the theater, he once told a reporter, after seeing "A Place in the Sun." He studied acting at the University of Miami for half a year and then received a scholarship to the Pittsburgh Playhouse School of the Theater. By the mid-'50s he was appearing in summer stock in his home state. He tried Hollywood briefly, then moved to New York with the intention of studying at the Actors Studio. He failed his initial audition but went on to study under Uta Hagen for three years, supporting himself with odd jobs. Through a introduction to Lee Strasberg he was admitted to the Actors Studio in 1959.

Grodin is survived by his wife, author Elissa Durwood Grodin, their son Nicholas, and his daughter Marion.

[Cupid Stunt]

Royal Blood - Boilermaker

 

Swedish House Mafia - Save The World

 

Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up

Avicii ft Aloe Blacc- Wake Me Up

 

Avicii - Levels

Flo Rida ft. Avicii Levels - Good Feeling

 

Grant Lee Buffalo - Happiness

 

Pitbull ft. Lenier - Cantare

 

Nina Sky - Move Ya Body

 

Night Club - "Show It 2 Me"

 

Bill Callahan - Night

 

Teddybears - Cobrastyle

 

Bruno Philippe & Tanguy de Williencourt - Brahms & Schumann: Works for Cello and Piano, Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38: III. Allegro

 

The Dynamites ft. Charles Walker - ;What's It Gonna Be?

 

Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons - On My Side

 

Ben Harper & Relentless7 - Faithfully Remain

 

Sly & The Family Stone - Life

 

 

Timothy Ehlen - Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein": III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo

 

Prince and the Revolution - America

 

Robert Finley - Souled Out On You

 

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Revolution

 

Todd Rundgren - ;Love of the Common Man

 

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Voodoo Child

 

The Flaming Lips - Live at Sydney Opera House

 

Gary Clark Jr. - When My Train Pulls In

 

 

[bannana]

On 5/18/2021 at 11:12 AM, Cupid Stunt said:

Long John Baldry & K McDonald - Loving Feeling

So, I have a story about this.

When hubs and I were in uni in TO we used to see LJB and he was amazing.

Then we moved to our current city. As a young PR person I had a job that involved getting celebs to do PSAs (that is a whole other story for another day).

We went to a sort of club, not a night club, but a venue, where John and Kathy were performing. Through some contacts they agreed to sit with us after the performance and talk about it. We had drinks.

Kathy was awesome! John agreed to do the PSA and we set it up that I would drive him to my guy who had a recording studio in his house. What I didn't know was that John (Long John) had been in a serious car accident before this, and was terrified to be in a car. I had a tiny Toyota Tercel that he barely fit into. Luckily, it was a Sunday and no traffic, but it was clear he was petrified to be in my car, and I was equally terrified that I was creating his terror.

We got to my producer's house and thankfully he just took over and put everyone at ease. John also had a very serious cold, so I wondered what we could accomplish.

Of course, he was a pro, and then we recorded amazing audio for our PSAs. I still cannot believe that he agreed to do this, let alone let me drive him to the studio.

[Cupid Stunt]

P!nk ft. Redman - Get the Party Started (Live from Wembley Arena)

 

Toussaint Morrison - Can't Relive The Party

 

Pitbull - I Believe That We Will Win

 

David Bowie - The 1980 Floor Show Midnight Special.

 

She Wants Revenge - Not Just a Girl

 

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - The House Is Rockin' (Live From Austin, TX)

 

Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma

 

The Black Keys - Howlin' For You

 

Kaiser Chiefs - Good Days Bad Days

 

The Veils - Grey Lynn Park

 

Teddybears feat Eve - Rocket Scientist

 

New Order - Movement 1981

 

Ben Westbeech - Taken Away From

 

Black Pistol Fire - Suffocation Blues

 

Peter Bjorn And John - Second Chance

 

Kram - Burnin Sands

 

The La's - There She Goes & Timeless Melody

 

Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone

 

The Bees - Gaia

 

The Constellations - Perfect Day

 

The Album Leaf - Blank Pages

 

Mazelo Nostra - San Francisco Retro Bar

 

The Radio Dept. - Heaven's On Fire

 

The XX - Intro

 

 

[Cupid Stunt]

8 hours ago, bannana said:

So, I have a story about this.

When hubs and I were in uni in TO we used to see LJB and he was amazing.

Then we moved to our current city. As a young PR person I had a job that involved getting celebs to do PSAs (that is a whole other story for another day).

We went to a sort of club, not a night club, but a venue, where John and Kathy were performing. Through some contacts they agreed to sit with us after the performance and talk about it. We had drinks.

Kathy was awesome! John agreed to do the PSA and we set it up that I would drive him to my guy who had a recording studio in his house. What I didn't know was that John (Long John) had been in a serious car accident before this, and was terrified to be in a car. I had a tiny Toyota Tercel that he barely fit into. Luckily, it was a Sunday and no traffic, but it was clear he was petrified to be in my car, and I was equally terrified that I was creating his terror.

We got to my producer's house and thankfully he just took over and put everyone at ease. John also had a very serious cold, so I wondered what we could accomplish.

Of course, he was a pro, and then we recorded amazing audio for our PSAs. I still cannot believe that he agreed to do this, let alone let me drive him to the studio.

Wonderful Day In The Life story about one of my favorite British singers, bannana. How long were you in PR?

[jewel21]

Steve's vet visit is tomorrow at 4:10 PM. I'm anxious. It doesn't help that he's molting so he looks extra ratty. 

[bannana]

5 hours ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Wonderful Day In The Life story about one of my favorite British singers, bannana. How long were you in PR?

For about five years but then I eventually got promoted to running the nonprofit I worked for.

LJB was so amazing, we saw him perform quite a few times and it was like he was on the B or C list at that time, so the venues were all quite intimate. Sigh, those were the days.

[peacheslatour]

Quote

LJB was so amazing, we saw him perform quite a few times and it was like he was on the B or C list at that time, so the venues were all quite intimate. Sigh, those were the days.

Don't try to lay no boogie woogie on the king of rock and roll.

[Cupid Stunt]

LJB was at the nexus of the 1960s British blues scene. The man played with or for everyone we consider classic British Rock. An amazing talent and generous spirit, whose influence lives on in present day UK Soul and R&B.

Eric Burdon, Stevie Winwood, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Rod Stewart - I Feel Alright  -- The Fifth National Jazz and Blues Festival, Richmond, August 8th 1965

 

Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars with Long John Baldry - Night Time Is The Right Time (1963)

 -- Long John Baldry Appreciation Page -- YouTube

 

Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated ft. Long John Baldrey video list

 

Long John Baldry Wikipedia Page

 

 

Yeah, you know I'm a hoochie coochie man
Everybody knows I'm here

[bannana]

So great, thanks @Cupid Stunt.

Baldry, when performing, always told the story of how he discovered Rod Stewart who was busking at a train station. And I believe Rod Stewart also confirmed that story.

When I went to meet him after we met the first time (and before I drove him to the studio) it was in a bar on a Sunday, and the bar was closed. The doors were open and I saw the poster that Eartha Kitt would be performing that week(!). There was no one on the main floor so I went up the stairs. LJB and several men were seated around a board room table. 

A couple of the men took great delight in trying to razz me (young, blonde, they thought I was stupid). Baldry would have none of that. He said to meet downstairs.

I waited downstairs and then we sat around a table in the bar. One of the men was very vulgar, and I am sure I looked like a baby deer caught in the headlights. I was there to do a job, but I was also a hug fan of LJB. I did not expect to hear the things I heard that day. Baldry shut him down eventually.  He was lovely, as was everyone else, but that one guy, he really wanted to shock me and he did.

[bannana]

You have sent me down a LJB rabbit hole @Cupid Stunt. I had never heard/seen his early stuff from the sixties.

[Cupid Stunt]

BTS - (방탄소년단) 'Butter'

 

Magnificent Dreams ft Erin Ivey - Move Yourself

 

Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band - How Long

 

Young Empires - Enter Through the Sun

 

Foster The People - Houdini

 

Phoenix - Love Like a Sunset, Pt. 2

 

Generationals - When They Fight, They Fight

 

Sea Wolf - You're a Wolf

 

Royal Blood - Reading and Leeds Festival 2019

 

The Strokes - Why Are Sundays So Depressing

 

My Morning Jacket - Holdin on to Black Metal

 

The Stereotypes - Perfect Girl

 

Zac Love - Lint Buster

 

Splitter - I Don't Rate Your Man · Splitter

 

Weezer - I've Thrown It All Away

 

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Something's Changed

 

Pacifica Music - Head Outta Town

 

BOWIE ~ PRO SHOT BY DUNCAN JONES ~ ROSELAND 2000

 

The Airborne Toxic Event - Changing

 

Fredda - Barry White

 

Alcoholic Faith Mission - Running with Insanity

 

Astrud Gilberto -- The Gentle Rain

 

School Of Fish - 3 Strange Days

 

MUSEUM OF ICE CREAM: New York City

[Cupid Stunt]

16 hours ago, bannana said:

You have sent me down a LJB rabbit hole @Cupid Stunt. I had never heard/seen his early stuff from the sixties.

Just climbed out of that chasm with a full folder of video goodies. I'm the same way about KPop.

My mother has been a big fan of British Blues and R&B since she worked her first job at 16 in the record department of Wagner's Hardware Store (small town one-stop shopping). She has a huge collection of early 60's vinyl albums and 45s.

When my radio station was transitioning to digital, a ragtag group of pirate engineers 'appropriated' 4 analog record libraries, keeping them out of landfills; there was no market for 2nd hand vinyl in the 80s. 

Our LJB collection is very nearly complete.  His last record label, Stony Plain Records, is a quirky organization and not very good about promoting their older catalog, so we're missing several of LJBs early 90s original issues.

Edited May 21, 2021 by Cupid Stunt

[peacheslatour]

Have you guys checked out The Linda Lindas? They have a great new song out. Who says punk is dead?

[Cupid Stunt]

20 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

Have you guys checked out The Linda Lindas? They have a great new song out. Who says punk is dead?

Not me.

 

Excellent deployment of parochial schoolgirl uniform skirts and tube socks. Money well spent.

 

[peacheslatour]

12 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Not me.

 

Excellent deployment of parochial schoolgirl uniform skirts and tube socks. Money well spent.

 

If that's their school library, I'm doubly thrilled with these girls.

Young?  Check

Angry? Check

Don't really give a shit how they sound?  Check.

Nice to see punk rock is still alive and well.

[Cupid Stunt]

What's More Punk Than Teens Screaming In A Public Library?

 

 

 

[jewel21]

Well Steve and I are both exhausted. 

His vet visit took over 3 hours yesterday and cost me over $500 and that's not counting last week's visit. At one point, I had to wait for a barium x-ray and they told me to walk around for an hour. I just walked the residential streets until 6 PM while talking to my mom, came back and was told they still weren't ready, waited outside another 15 minutes before finally being led back in, and then had to sit in a closed room for another 15 minutes. 

Steve is... not dying, but not great. 

Basically his stools aren't normal. Too small, too narrow, and drying too quickly. A gram stain revealed he only has one type of bacteria in the stools which is also not normal. When asked what that meant exactly, the vet said that bacteria is eating all of the other bacteria and taking over, so a 14 day antibiotic regime begins. I also paid more to have them send off a culture of the stools to ensure we're using the proper antibiotic to treat the issue. 

The second, more concerning problem, is that he said even with the barium, the vet couldn't get a good view of Steve's gullet and that is unusual. Normally the gullet lights up super white on an x-ray. Steve's did not, and had some broken white spots but was mostly gray. What he thinks is going on, and he can only hypothesize, is that there is something in Steve's gullet that is not showing up on film. He thinks it might be fibers or plastics, but he suspect it's most likely fibers. I have a blanket I put over his cage at night and I think that *may* be the culprit. The fibers can't be removed, and because he's so small, they can't be viewed with an endoscopy. 

These fibers take up room in the stomach and as a result, Steve doesn't eat as much because he feels full. And even when he feels hungry, if he eats too much, he regurgitates. This results in a skinny bird. The suggestion was to take away any fibers, change his food to high potency (higher calorie content) and weigh him regularly.

I haven't weighed him yet today because he hasn't eaten much. I might start tomorrow. I also mixed in some high potency food pellets with his regular one but so far he's only picked at his treats. 

[Cupid Stunt]

Charles Bradley - The World (Is Going Up In Flames)

 

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down

 

The Kickdrums - Perfect World

 

Kathrin Shorr & Tim Burlingame - Leaving For Memphis

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Lady Jesus

 

Flyleaf - All Around Me

 

JD McPherson - A Gentle Awakening

 

The Little Heroes - Flight Plans for Airplanes

 

Teenage Wrist - Taste Of Gasoline

 

Chris Pierce - All That Matters Is Now

 

DJ Center - Center's Groove

 

Philadelphia Grand Jury - Ready To Roll

 

Dave Matthews - Some Devil

 

John Wright - Mr. Soul

 

English Beat - Save It For Later

 

Count Basie -  Li'l Darlin' (Live At The Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas/1969)

 

Waldeck - Why Did We Fire The Gun?

 

Vintage Bob - Cafe Roma

 

Broken Bells - Citizen

 

Eddie Hope and The Mannish Boys - A Fool No More

 

The Slackers - Upsettin' Ernesto's

 

Justice - IRIS: A Space Opera - Live At Accorhotels Arena, Paris

 

Dogs, birds, and squirrels are stuffing their faces with Brood X cicadas

 

Watch Sir David Attenborough seduce a cicada with the snap of his fingers

Edited May 22, 2021 by Cupid Stunt

[Cupid Stunt]

Yppah - Never Mess With Sunday

 

Clip - Tumbler

 

Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You

 

Hit Back - Afternoon

 

Pearl Jam - Black - MTV Unplugged

 

Mudvayne - Forget to Remember

 

Gardens & Villa - Spacetime

 

 

 

Nash - Armageddon Dance

 

Heartless Bastards - Marathon

 

MUTEMATH - ODD SOUL

 

LITTLE FEAT - Trouble

 

Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics - It's About Time

 

The Heavy - Can't Play Dead

 

Terraplane Sun - Ya Never Know

 

Six Def - I'm The King

 

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Closer and Closer Apart

 

KENNY BURRELL - Midnight Blue (1963)

 

 

Italy wins 2021 Eurovision Song Contest following tight race -- "We just want to say, to the whole of Europe, to the whole world, rock 'n' roll never dies," Maneskin's frontman Damiano David has said after winning.

Sure, if it's GlamMetal, circa Marilyn Manson 1997. There will be platforms, pleather and PYRO!

-- Fan Video of Final

Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni - Second Rehearsal - Italy 🇮🇹 - Eurovision 2021 

 

CNN Report: Italy wins Eurovision Song Contest as the world's biggest music event returns in Rotterdam

 

Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni - Italy 🇮🇹 - Official Music Video - Eurovision 2021

 

Edited May 23, 2021 by Cupid Stunt

[dbklmt]

Quote

 

Italy wins 2021 Eurovision Song Contest following tight race -- "We just want to say, to the whole of Europe, to the whole world, rock 'n' roll never dies," Maneskin's frontman Damiano David has said after winning.

Sure, if it's GlamMetal, circa Marilyn Manson 1997. There will be platforms, pleather and PYRO!

 

Cupid Stunt thanks for posting the videos from the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest which I watched LIVE thanks to Peacock 😃!

I was absolutely shocked when it started and the auditorium was completely full of screaming fans with no masks, except for a few scenes backstage and definitely no six feet apart seating rules. 😮  I see lots of Covid 19 cases in the future for anyone that was there and unvaccinated.

I enjoyed hearing all 26 of the songs from countries competing.  Voting took forever when the countries' jury panels gave out their votes to their favorite country for 12 points. They couldn't vote for their own country.  The three countries which led  at the end of the first round of voting were 1) Switzerland 😃

2) France and 3) Malta.  Italy wasn't even in contention to win at this point.  I had a feeling that France might win especially when I heard last year's winner from the Netherlands sing what was a really moving and beautiful song.  France's song this year was very similar and I loved it!.

My favorite was Malta in third who was the favorite to win singing "Je le Casse" by Destiny, a female 4 persons of color group. 😍

Fans across Europe were voting and when all the votes from them were added into the first round the totals changed dramatically.  Countries that were not very good or way down in the competition jumped big time.  Malta didn't get as many votes from the fans and fell out of the Top 10 😧.  Switzerland had won most of the jury voting and they fell to 3rd.  France moved up to 2nd and Italy jumped from way at the bottom to be the winner🤢.  I had a bad feeling after they sang and the response from the crowd which was loud and crazy that they might win, but I absolutely HATED them.  

Cupid Stunt's comment:

Sure, if it's GlamMetal, circa Marilyn Manson 1997. There will be platforms, pleather and PYRO!

was spot on! 

     

[bannana]

17 hours ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Closer and Closer Apart

Love MCC. Saw her in concert a few times and her music actually brought me to tears. This did it again.

[Cupid Stunt]

Lowell George with Linda Ronstadt WHFS Bethesda, MD March 19, 1974

 

Perfume Genius - Normal Song

 

Duran Duran - Come Undone

 

LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean

 

Alexander Ebert - Truth

 

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'

 

Motopony - Seer (Live on KEXP)

 

The Spinners - Rubberband Man, on Midnight Special in 1976

 

Lazard - 4 o'Clock (In the Morning) (The Crow Remix)

 

Hit Back - Tagalong

 

Chevelle - Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)

 

Gomez - Shot Shot

 

alt-J (∆) - Fitzpleasure

 

KALEO - Way Down We Go

 

Caught A Ghost - Time Go

 

We Are Augustines - Chapel Song

 

Patty Griffin - When It Don't Come Easy

 

Ernest Ellis - Want For Anything

 

Paul Butterfield Blues Band ~ Mary, Mary

 

Highly Suspect - My Name Is Human

 

D'London - X Marks the Spot

 

Gotye - Smoke and Mirrors

 

Jeff Buckley - Live in Frankfurt (1995)

 

 

[Cupid Stunt]

10 hours ago, dbklmt said:

Cupid Stunt thanks for posting the videos from the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest which I watched LIVE thanks to Peacock 😃!

I was absolutely shocked when it started and the auditorium was completely full of screaming fans with no masks, except for a few scenes backstage and definitely no six feet apart seating rules. 😮  I see lots of Covid 19 cases in the future for anyone that was there and unvaccinated.

I enjoyed hearing all 26 of the songs from countries competing.  Voting took forever when the countries' jury panels gave out their votes to their favorite country for 12 points. They couldn't vote for their own country.  The three countries which led  at the end of the first round of voting were 1) Switzerland 😃

2) France and 3) Malta.  Italy wasn't even in contention to win at this point.  I had a feeling that France might win especially when I heard last year's winner from the Netherlands sing what was a really moving and beautiful song.  France's song this year was very similar and I loved it!.

My favorite was Malta in third who was the favorite to win singing "Je le Casse" by Destiny, a female 4 persons of color group. 😍

Fans across Europe were voting and when all the votes from them were added into the first round the totals changed dramatically.  Countries that were not very good or way down in the competition jumped big time.  Malta didn't get as many votes from the fans and fell out of the Top 10 😧.  Switzerland had won most of the jury voting and they fell to 3rd.  France moved up to 2nd and Italy jumped from way at the bottom to be the winner🤢.  I had a bad feeling after they sang and the response from the crowd which was loud and crazy that they might win, but I absolutely HATED them.  

Cupid Stunt's comment:

Sure, if it's GlamMetal, circa Marilyn Manson 1997. There will be platforms, pleather and PYRO!

was spot on! 

     

Eurovision is impenetrable, untranslatable mayhem from this Left Coaster's couch. I love every minute of it. And since I don't entirely understand what I'm seeing and hearing, but I'm clicking my cha cha heels together and saying There's no place like Rome for the crazy St. Vitus gyrations in hair choreography snaking across the screen in smudged kohl guyliner and Russian Matryoshka doll costumes as the pyrotechnics singe the eyebrows off the first 10 rows of spectators. 

I actually expect the ceiling of the theatre to catch fire, as dayglo Spandex jumpsuits melt like hot fudge and the singers yodel that their national anthem will not go on without youuuuuuuuudle oooodle ooooooo! 

Seriously there's a lot of good talent under questionable production and fantastic production propping questionable talent. The criteria for talent nominations and competition voting escapes me, but I'm okay with that. It's all part of the Show.

Thanks for your take on the finals. I was partial to Malta too, but between winged Tix and Måneskin, they seemed to be media consensus favorites through out the contest.

[Cupid Stunt]

8 hours ago, bannana said:

Love MCC. Saw her in concert a few times and her music actually brought me to tears. This did it again.

Isn't she wonderful! MCC was smart to back away from Nashville and sign with a smaller label when she did. She didn't fit with songwriting committees and narrowcasting genres into Country Pop. She stayed true to her talent and skill, saved her voice and sanity. She still writes and records superior music, with touring forays into the wilderness for those that love her.

[SweePea59]

I love the Linda Lindas. In fact, just before I came here to read posts I thought, as soon as I'm done I'm going to go to youtube and hear them do Linda Linda.

 

Edited May 24, 2021 by SweePea59

[Snaporaz]

On 5/23/2021 at 10:19 PM, dbklmt said:

Cupid Stunt thanks for posting the videos from the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest which I watched LIVE thanks to Peacock 😃!

I was absolutely shocked when it started and the auditorium was completely full of screaming fans with no masks, except for a few scenes backstage and definitely no six feet apart seating rules. 😮  I see lots of Covid 19 cases in the future for anyone that was there and unvaccinated.

I enjoyed hearing all 26 of the songs from countries competing.  Voting took forever when the countries' jury panels gave out their votes to their favorite country for 12 points. They couldn't vote for their own country.  

 

     

The Rotterdam Ahoy Arena (which was being used as a Covid field hospital this time last year) did look completely full, but it was actually only at 20% of capacity.  There were also very strict Covid measures in place.  The fans were allowed to remove their masks and forego social distancing once at their seats, but they went through a lot of screening before they got to that point.  

I thought they breezed through the voting in record time this year, because they only awarded the 12 points live.  In years past, every country awarded all of their points live (e.g., Spain's 3 points go to Cyprus, 4 points go to Denmark....8 points go to Serbia, etc.)  It used to take more than an hour tally all the votes!

I thought they did a great job with it all around.  And, yay Italy!

Edited May 25, 2021 by Snaporaz

[Cupid Stunt]

Chris Rea - Auberge

 

Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics - It's About Time

 

Cody ChesnuTT - Don't Go The Other Way

 

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

 

LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS - Wish You Were Here

 

Early Winters - Count Me In

 

Animal Kingdom - The Art Of Tuning Out

 

Gary Clark Jr. - Bright Lights

 

The Black Keys - Money Maker

 

Danny Lütz - Ain't Nuthin' 

 

Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine

 

The Antlers - Rolled Together

 

Ebo Taylor - Heaven

 

Nicki Minaj - Moment 4 Life

 

Heartless Bastards - Got To Have Rock And Roll

 

Toby Lightman - Everyday

 

Radio Citizen feat. Bajka - The Hop

 

MUTEMATH - Blood Pressure

 

Miles Davis - Blue In Green

 

 

[peacheslatour]

*dead*

[Cupid Stunt]

1st Anniversary of George Floyd's death 

 

 

How much and little has changed.

[Cupid Stunt]

Judas Priest - Turbo Lover

 

Echo And The Bunnymen -  Lips Like Sugar

 

Charles Bradley & the Menahan Street Band - Heartaches and Pain

 

Nicola Conte - Bossa Per Due

 

David & the Citizens - Graycoated Morning

 

Junip - Without You

 

Snow Patrol - The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?)

 

Caught A Ghost - Sleeping At Night

 

Asobi Seksu - Thursday

 

Adrianne & Mike - The Storm

 

Thirty Seconds To Mars - Hail to the Victor

 

DJ Center ft. Zaki Ibrahim - Yes!

 

Willie Davis - I Learned My Lesson

 

Teenage Wrist - Sparkle / Fade

 

The Heavy feat. The Dap-Kings Horns - Coleen

 

Dave Stewart - Old habits die hard  

 

Sam Cooke - Bring It Home To Me

 

John Waite - Change

 

Prince - Crimson and Clover

 

Ingrid Michaelson - Soldier

 

The Palms - Push Off

 

 

 

[peacheslatour]

That is the coolest thing I've ever seen! I can't wait to show it to my husband! Do you remember KillDozer? My husband likes to joke that Marvin Heemyer is his hero. Not because he tried to basically take out the city of Granby CO. but because of the sheer engineering genius that went into creating that monster bulldozer.

[SweePea59]

Thanks, Cupid, that squirrel maze was fun.

 

[Cupid Stunt]

Selah Sue - Peace Of Mind

 

The Cure - Just Like Heaven

 

Wilson Pickett - Hello Sunshine

 

Seal - Crazy

 

Bill Evans - Moon Beams

 

Elbow - Grounds For Divorce

 

Miike Snow - Paddling Out

 

Six Def - Take Me In

 

Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl

 

Bajo Fondo Tango Club - En vivo en Buenos Aires

 

The Black Keys - She's Long Gone

 

The Bravery - Believe

 

Lee Fields - Let's Talk It Over

 

 

alt-J (∆) - Fitzpleasure

 

The Heavy - Short Change Hero

 

John Coltrane - Naima

 

The Kickdrums - Perfect World

 

Priscilla Ahn - Wallflower

 

Eric Carle, Creator Of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' Has Died

 

The Earl Carle Museum

[Cupid Stunt]

21 minutes ago, SweePea59 said:

Thanks, Cupid, that squirrel maze was fun.

 

Mark Rober's channel is a hoot, and brings the noble sciences to real world situations.

Squirrel Maze 1.0 was hilarious!

 

[Cupid Stunt]

Honor. Remember. Never forget.

 

Memorial Day is this Monday, May 31

 

BBQ's, sunburns, celebrations and retail sales abound, Wishing all Preverts a healthy and peaceful holiday.

 

We're taking a long weekend, so see you next Tuesday.

[peacheslatour]

30 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Honor. Remember. Never forget.

 

Memorial Day is this Monday, May 31

 

BBQ's, sunburns, celebrations and retail sales abound, Wishing all Preverts a healthy and peaceful holiday.

 

We're taking a long weekend, so see you next Tuesday.

Have a great time with the fam, Cupid!